[Development] QtCS2019 Notes: Clang-based cpp parser for lupdate

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:25:21PM +0000, Joerg Bornemann wrote:
>On the topic of switching to gettext:
>
>My searches yielded nothing.
>
because our archives are incomplete and badly indexed, and clearly 
nobody bothered to make a jira task (at least a publicly visible one).

>It would be cool to know where this was discussed before.
>
notes from the 1st qtcs:
https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qt5-feedback/2011-June/000632.html
small followup:
https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qt5-feedback/2011-July/000683.html
the real discussion happened on the kde side:
http://kde.6490.n7.nabble.com/Translation-in-Qt5-td1135058.html
and resulted in a master thesis level document:
http://nedohodnik.net/gettextbis/

obviously, this is about a lot more than just switching from l* to 
gettext - gotta think big when you break everything anyway. ;)